Good evening I'm on the Navas and I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight.

On the eve of the two-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, we speak to a top State

Department official and a Ukrainian soldier about the state of the war.

We have nothing to lose because if people will lose this war we will lose everything

our freedom our country our lives.

The boyfriend of a dual Russian American citizen speaks out after she was arrested in Russia on charges of

treason. And with Nicky Haley struggling to close the gap with former

President Donald Trump, a look ahead to tomorrow's South Carolina Republican primary. Welcome to the news hour. The Biden administration today unveiled a new set of

sanctions against Russia to punish it further for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that began two years

ago tomorrow.

The sanctions are also meant to target Russia for the death of anti-corruption

activists and politician Alexi Navalny.

He died in an Arctic prison one week ago

from a cause still unknown.

Earlier today, I spoke with the US Undersecretary

of State for Political Affairs Victoria Newland about the state of the war two years on.

Victoria Newland, welcome back to the news hour.

Thank you, Jeff.

Great to be with you.

As the world prepares to mark the second anniversary of Putin's Ukraine invasion, Ukraine's

counter-offensive has stalled.

Ukraine lost a brutal months-long battle for Avdifka.

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